NHL: Lightning beat Capitals; Bruins, Kings, Rangers win easily

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the night with 1:26 left in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

Ovechkin finished with four goals and one assist for five points, but the last one was the biggest. He took a crossing pass from Jeff Schultz and beat Montreal goalie Cristobal Huet from in front for the overtime goal.

It was Ovechkin's second career four-goal and five-point game. He did it on Dec. 29 at Ottawa. Ovechkin leads the NHL with 43 goals, and took over the points lead with 70.

Hurricanes 3, Maple Leafs 2, OT

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Carolina captain Rod Brind'Amour scored with 1:40 left in overtime to give the Hurricanes a 3-2 win over Toronto.

Scott Walker had a goal and an assist and Tim Gleason also scored for Carolina.

Toronto captain Mats Sundin scored with 11.4 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

Bruins 4, Senators 1

OTTAWA -- Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Marc Savard scored early in the first period to help Boston win its third straight and snap Ottawa's two-game winning streak.

Kings 3, Islanders 1

UNIONDALE, N.Y.-- Rob Blake scored a rare power-play goal for Los Angeles in the third period, and Jason LaBarbera made 28 saves to lift the suddenly surging Kings over slumping New York.

Rangers 4, Flyers 0

PHILADELPHIA -- Steve Valiquette made 20 saves in his first career shutout to help the Rangers beat the Flyers, New York's first road win in more than a month.

Lightning 4, Canucks 3

TAMPA -- Brad Richards had a goal and two assists, leading Tampa Bay past Vancouver.

Richards gave the Lightning a 4-2 lead on his goal from the right circle at 8:34 of the third as Tampa Bay won for just the sixth time in the past 17 games. Alexander Edler's power-play goal got the Canucks within 4-3 with 24.1 seconds left. Tampa Bay also got goals from Vinny Prospal, Chris Gratton and Vincent Lecavalier. Martin St. Louis had three assists.

Luc Bourdon and Taylor Pyatt also scored for Vancouver, which has lost eight of 10.

Predators 4, Blue Jackets 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- J.P. Dumont extended the longest current points streak in the NHL to 16 games with two assists and Nashville beat Columbus.